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In higher plants fertilization starts with the fusion of a haploid male sperm cell nucleus and the haploid nucleus of a female egg cell. The male gametophyte, or pollen, is the mobile component in this process and its function is to deliver two male gametes into the embryo sac (Heslop-Harrison 1987; McCormick 1991; 1993).
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Schrauwen, J., Derksen, J., Knuiman, B., Wittink, F., Wullems, G.J. (1999). The location of the pollen-specific NTP303 protein. In: Clément, C., Pacini, E., Audran, JC. (eds) Anther and Pollen. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-59985-9_10
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